Lead Robot Inspector Champs Inspection List

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Pete,
We will do all we can to get you inspected. By 10:30 or 11 AM we will start prioritizing by match schedule. Those in the first matches will have the highest priority to get inspected. If I or one of the other leads shows up in your pit with our "mad mom face", it is time to stop and get inspected.
We will be in contact with the division field head refs and passing info to them. If we are overwhelmed it is not your fault. I do not expect a problem with 30 inspectors in the pit on Wednesday evening and 60 on Thursday.

[Al Skierkiewicz]

A revised Inspection Checklist is now available on the First website...
http://www.usfirst.org/uploadedFiles...0Checklist.pdf

This is streamlined version of what inspectors have been using this season.

[Peter Matteson]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

Pete,
We will do all we can to get you inspected. By 10:30 or 11 AM we will start prioritizing by match schedule. Those in the first matches will have the highest priority to get inspected. If I or one of the other leads shows up in your pit with our "mad mom face", it is time to stop and get inspected.
We will be in contact with the division field head refs and passing info to them. If we are overwhelmed it is not your fault. I do not expect a problem with 30 inspectors in the pit on Wednesday evening and 60 on Thursday.

Thanks for the answer Al. As some one who has inspected and knows how long it takes to do a thorough inspection I had some concern. I also know what we have to get done as a team to be battle ready. While we may not be first through the line we don't want to be last either. As a team that cares about doing things right we wanted to make sure we asked our questions now so there would be no surprises when we get there.

[David Brinza]

BOM submission at CMP is being discussed in another thread. According to <R89>, a printed copy of the BOM is not acceptable. Item #2 in the above LRI Champs Inspection List specifies a printed copy (or a copy on a computer) of the BOM be available at the time of inspection.

Is the BOM hard-copy (or soft-copy open on a computer) for reference during inspection an additional requirement on the teams at Championship? If a team does not furnish a paper copy and does not have the BOM on their own computer (like their Classmate), will inspectors need to review electronic BOMs on the inspection station computer in order to pass inspection? I worry that the latter approach will create a big inspection bottleneck.

As an inspector, having the BOM in-hand during inspection is useful. I can more easily check for completeness of the BOM while the robot is under my nose (i.e. are costs for a fifth CIM included or how much did that COTS worm gearbox cost?). I think both hard-copy and electronic versions should have been required throughout the season, but that's not how <R89> was written.

[Joe Ross]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

Is the BOM hard-copy (or soft-copy open on a computer) for reference during inspection an additional requirement on the teams at Championship? If a team does not furnish a paper copy and does not have the BOM on their own computer (like their Classmate), will inspectors need to review electronic BOMs on the inspection station computer in order to pass inspection? I worry that the latter approach will create a big inspection bottleneck.

I guess I'm not grasping how they can have an electronic BOM and not be able to view it on the classmate.

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by Joe Ross

I guess I'm not grasping how they can have an electronic BOM and not be able to view it on the classmate.

Some teams (like ours) generate their BOMs on separate computers using Excel. They just might not be aware of the Open Office CALC spreadsheet tool on the Classmate.

[joek]

some teams also don't have laptops with excel when they need to update their BOM

[Jeff Pahl]

Originally Posted by joek

some teams also don't have laptops with excel when they need to update their BOM

If you have the driver station Classmate (which you should have with the robot for inspection), then you have Open Office, which will let you view and update the Excel file.

[ebarker]

There is a new inspection requirement for all robots at the dome.

You can see a video of it right here

[thefro526]

Originally Posted by ebarker

There is a new inspection requirement for all robots at the dome.

You can see a video of it right here

Hmmm...

I wonder how many robots would actually be able to survive a 1ft-2ft drop...

It'd be interesting though, because drop tests are always fun... We've dropped a couple of containers at work and they like to do some fun things.

(Votes to add 12" drop test to 2011 inspection process.)

[ebarker]

how about a 12 foot drop test ?

[David Brinza]

Originally Posted by ebarker

There is a new inspection requirement for all robots at the dome.

You can see a video of it right here

Not quite. We'll be dropping robots upside down from 2 feet to verify the battery is properly secured.

[Wayne Doenges]

Not quite. We'll be dropping robots upside down from 2 feet to verify the battery is properly secured

I say we do it the Mythbusters way. We keep dropping the robot, from increasing heights, till the battery falls out, than we rate each bot

[RoboMom]

Originally Posted by David Brinza

BOM submission at CMP is being discussed in another thread. According to <R89>, a printed copy of the BOM is not acceptable. Item #2 in the above LRI Champs Inspection List specifies a printed copy (or a copy on a computer) of the BOM be available at the time of inspection.

Is the BOM hard-copy (or soft-copy open on a computer) for reference during inspection an additional requirement on the teams at Championship? If a team does not furnish a paper copy and does not have the BOM on their own computer (like their Classmate), will inspectors need to review electronic BOMs on the inspection station computer in order to pass inspection? I worry that the latter approach will create a big inspection bottleneck.

As an inspector, having the BOM in-hand during inspection is useful. I can more easily check for completeness of the BOM while the robot is under my nose (i.e. are costs for a fifth CIM included or how much did that COTS worm gearbox cost?). I think both hard-copy and electronic versions should have been required throughout the season, but that's not how <R89> was written.

http://www.chiefdelphi.com/forums/sh...threadid=85176

[Al Skierkiewicz]

Please check the linked thread and also check the revised Inspection Checklist for Champs on the First website. Inspectors will need to see a BOM to reference costs to items on your robot. You will not be submitting one electronically or on paper. It is for reference during inspections only.